Today in the MHSAA: 8/16/18
August 16, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Girls Golf: Northville shot a 304 to edge Plymouth and win the opening invitational at Hudson Mills in Dexter – those teams finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final – Observer & Eccentric
2. Girls Golf: Kalamazoo Hackett was first, St. Joseph second and Coldwater third at the Richland Gull Lake Invitational at Bedford Valley; Hackett was fifth in LP Division 4 last season, while St. Joseph was eighth in LPD2 and Coldwater was 14th – Coldwater Daily Reporter
3. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central opened by winning its Summer Splash ahead of Holland West Ottawa, Traverse City West and Grandville; Central tied for 14th and Grandville tied for 19th at last season’s LPD1 Finals – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Boys Tennis: After falling to host Zeeland East, Grand Haven stormed back with wins over Grand Rapids Northview and Grand Rapids Catholic Central; Grand Haven was an LPD1 Finals qualifier last fall – Grand Haven Tribune
Also of note …
Cross Country: Novi is mourning the death of longtime coach Robert Smith, who led the Wildcats boys to two MHSAA titles and two Division 1 runner-up finishes over 36 years from 1981-2016 – Observer & Eccentric
Today in the MHSAA: 9/20/18
September 20, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Girls Golf: St. Joseph clinched its seventh straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West championship with a jamboree win in Portage – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. Volleyball: In a matchup of ranked Jack Pine Conference foes, Division 3 No. 9 Houghton Lake downed No. 6 Beaverton in four sets – MI Sports Now
3. Boys Soccer: Cadillac earned its first win ever over Traverse City West, which opened in 1997 – Cadillac News
4. Girls Golf: Utica Eisenhower shot a 353 to win the 10-team Macomb County Invitational championship – C&G Newspapers
5. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake upset Division 1 No. 6 Battle Creek Lakeview in four sets after dropping the first 28-26 – JoeInsider.com
6. Boys Soccer: First-place Brownstown Woodhaven downed second-place Gibraltar Carlson 3-2 in Downriver League play – Southgate News-Herald
7. Cross Country: Bloomingdale swept the girls and boys races at the first Southwest 10 Conference jamboree – Sturgis Journal
8. Boys Soccer: Holland Christian earned a second win over rival Holland this season, 1-0 on “Night of the Nets” – Holland Sentinel
9. Boys Soccer: Grand Blanc shut out rival Flint Powers Catholic 2-0 – WJRT
10. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian continued to shine with a sweep of Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal